Libraries -- History; Library architecture -- History; Library fittings and supplies -- History
90, 91. Ground-plan and section of Library at Cesena 200
92. General view of the Library at Cesena. From a photograph
_To face_ 201
93. Bookcases at west end of south side of Library, Cesena 201
94. Part of a bookcase, at Cesena to shew the system of chaining 202
95. Piece of a chain, Cesena 203
96. Chained book at Ghent 204
97. Ground-plan of part of the Vatican Palace, shewing the building of
Nicholas V., as arranged for library purposes by Sixtus IV., and
its relation to the surrounding structures. From Letarouilly, _Le
Vatican_, fol. Paris, 1882, as reproduced by M. Fabre 210
98. Ground-plan of the rooms in the Vatican Palace fitted up for
library-purpose by Sixtus IV _To follow_ 208
99. Interior of the Library of Sixtus IV., as shewn in a fresco in the
Ospedale di Santo Spirito, Rome. From a photograph taken by
Danesi _To face_ 225
100. The library-settles (_spalliere_) once used in the Vatican
Library of Sixtus IV., and now in the Appartamento Borgia. From a
photograph _To face_ 228
101. Bookcases in the Medicean Library, Florence 235
102. Copy, slightly reduced, of a sketch by Michelangelo for one of the
bookcases in the Medicean Library, Florence 236
103. Elevation of desks at Cesena 237
104. Elevation of desks in the Medicean Library: Florence 237
105. A book in the Medicean Library, to shew attachment of chain 238
106. Piece of chain in the Medicean Library, of the actual size 238
107. Diagram to explain the ironwork at the Medicean Library 239
108. Outline of bolt forming part of ironwork 239
109. West oriel of the Library at S. John's College, Cambridge 249
110. Bookcases in the Library of S. John's College, Cambridge 250
111. Bookcases in the Library of Peterhouse, Cambridge 252
112. Bookcases in the south room of the University Library, Cambridge.
_To face_ 253
113. Bookcase in the old Library of King's College, Cambridge, made
with the bequest of Nicholas Hobart, 1659 255
114. Ground-plan of Library, Grantham, Lincolnshire 257
115. Ring and link of chain: Wimborne Minster 261
116. Bookpress in the school at Bolton, Lancashire. From
_Bibliographical Miscellanies_ by William Blades
_To face_ 264
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